"SteveB" <toquerville@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "maryann kolb" <mkolb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>I just read some of the stuff on MOBIRDS about the banding
>> controversy. I find it very interesting what the anonymity of the
>> internet does to various personality types. there are many people who
>> suffer from Paranoid Personality Disorder to a very mild degree who
>> seem to be freed by the internet to give voice to that part of their
>> hidden selves. We (the Carolina Bird club) have to deal with a young
>> man who is mild and self effacing in person but whose emails are full
>> of invective, sarcasm, and just plain bad stuff. In person he acts as
>> if the emails never existed. Strange. As a former avid and actual
>> student of Psychology, I find it all fascinating.
>>
>> Sorry if this is boring to you all.
>>
>> Mary Ann
>> Barnwell, SC
>
> It is definitely NOT boring. I find it enthralling. It is very similar
> to driving. People who are mild mannered and polite turn into monsters
> when you hand them car keys. I guess keyboards do the same thing to
some
> people. I have a theory that these people were beaten up a lot in
school,
> and for good reason. Just my take.
>
> Steve
If you want to find out how people have reacted to one such person, see:
http://groups.google.com/group/i-hate-andrew-b-chung-mdphds-spam
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